Treatment of menorrhagia with the levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system: Effects on ovarian function and uterus

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-42

  Tasci, Yasemin ^a   Caglar, G S ^b   Kayikcioglu, F ^a   Cengiz, H ^a   Yagci, B ^c   Gunes, M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b Akay Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fibroid volume; Levonorgestrel releasing intrauterine system; Menorrhagia; Ovarian functions

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LEVONORGESTREL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; MYOMA; OVARY FUNCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; UTERUS FUNCTION; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERUS; UTERUS CANCER;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, MEDICATED; LEIOMYOMA; LEVONORGESTREL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 67649637547     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-008-0871-5     Document Type: Article

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